Old Town Free Tour

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OLD TOWN FREE TOUR

all-year-round Schedule: Monday-Saturday at 10 AM

Duration: 2 hrs

Starting Point: Sigismund’s Column

Price: as you wish

Language: English

On this tour, we will introduce you to Warsaw. Through the most important sights within the borders of the Unesco World Heritage area, you will receive an overview of the city: past and present.

The tour covers in details the most important places situated in the medieval core of Warsaw, which consists of the Old Town (the first historical settlement) and the New Town (the second oldest district of Warsaw, called “new” 600 years ago). With our experienced guide you will see and learn about the Sigismund’s Column, Royal Castle, Saint John’s Cathedral, the Old Town Market Square, mediaeval city walls, Mermaid Statue, Barbican and Marie Curie’s birthplace.

Don’t forget to say hello to our mermaid on the way!

PLACES VISITED

  • Castle Square
  • Sigismund’s Column 
  • Royal Castle (seen from outside)
  • Cathedral of Saint John (the oldest Warsaw church)
  • magic bell
  • Market Square (the oldest square of Warsaw)
  • Mermaid Statue
  • medieval city walls 
  • Barbican (fortified outpost of the city walls)
  • Freta street (the main street of the New Town)
  • Marie Curie’s birthplace

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    special Christmas schedule:

    special New Year schedule:

    • Old Town FREE TOUR, 10:00 AM

    • Best of Warsaw FREE TOUR, 10:30 AM

    • Royal & Communist Warsaw FREE TOUR, 10:30 AM

    • NEW YEAR 01.01 BEST OF WARSAW, 12:00 (noon)

    • Jewish Warsaw FREE TOUR, 1:30 PM

    • WW2 in Warsaw FREE TOUR, 1:30 PM

    • Best of Warsaw FREE TOUR, 2 PM

    • Best of Warsaw FREE TOUR, 3 PM

    • Royal & Communist Warsaw FREE TOUR, 3 PM

    • Old Town FREE TOUR, 6 PM

    Due to a huge political protest on 25 May 2025, overlapping with the route of 'WW2 in Warsaw', the 1:30 PM tour was cancelled. Apologies!

    There is no public Best of Warsaw free tour at the selected hour.

    We will gladly organize a private Best of Warsaw tour for you(r group) at reasonable cost.

    There is no public Royal & Communist Warsaw free tour at the selected hour.

    We will gladly organize a private Royal & Warsaw tour for you(r group) at your preferred time at reasonable cost.

    There is no public Best of Warsaw free tour at the selected hour.

    We will gladly organize a private Best of Warsaw tour for you(r group) at your preferred time at reasonable cost.

    This tour is fully booked on this date. Please choose any other tour on this day.

    This tour at noon is only on 2025.01.01.

    There is no public Best of Warsaw free tour at the selected hour.

    We will gladly organize a private Best of Warsaw tour for you(r group) at your preferred time at reasonable cost.

    There is no public Royal & Communist Warsaw free tour at the selected hour.

    We will gladly organize a private Royal & Warsaw tour for you(r group) at your preferred time at reasonable cost.

    There is no public 10 AM Old Town free tour on the selected day.

    We will gladly organize a private Old Town tour for you(r group) at reasonable cost.

    There is no public 6 PM Old Town free tour on the selected day.

    We will gladly organize a private Old Town tour for you(r group) at reasonable cost.

    There is no public WW2 free tour on the selected day.

    We will gladly organize a private WW2 tour for you(r group) at reasonable cost.

    There is no public Jewish free tour on the selected day.

    We will gladly organize a private Jewish tour for you(r group) at reasonable cost.

    On this day this tour was cancelled.

    On Christmas Eve the 1:30 PM tour was cancelled.

    On New Year's Day the only tour we do is 1:30 PM 'WW2 in Warsaw'.

    Our regular free tours come back on the 1st of July 2021. Until then all our tours are available on request costing 40 EUR per group up to 10 people (plus extra 4 EUR per every person exceeding ten). If you are interested please submit a from and we will contact you in a couple of hours.

    We don't accept such big groups 🙁 If your group is bigger than 7 people, we will gladly organize a private tour at your preferred time costing 150 EUR per group up to 30 people


    Tour Highlights

    Reviews

    • I went to Old Town tour with Martyna and highly recommend to everyone. Deep knowledge of the history and entertaining at the same time. Very good introduction to the Polish culture too. Fluent English and nice personality. Jewish Warsaw with Anna – excellent presentation. Orange Umbrella is the best Free Tour of Warsaw. I tried there competitor first and didn’t like it and quit after about 10 min.

      evraso Fair Lawn, USA

    • My partner and I took a walking tour of Warsaw old town with orange umbrella. Our guide Peter (perhaps spelled Piotr) was fantastic, spoke excellent English and made the tour informative and interesting. He was happy to recommend local restaurants, museums etc and really brought this beautiful part of the city to life. I couldn’t recommend the tour and guide highly enough.

      Fustyoaks, Great Britain

    • As I travelled alone through Warsaw, I thought of having a guide might be a good idea. So I came up to the orange “Umbrella Free Tour”, where I met Anna our guide at the King Sigismund’s Column. She is originally from Warsaw and knows great spots. The tour lastet about 2 hours during which she shared her overwhelmingly huge knowledge about the city and its history with us. It was very interesting to listen to her and she always had funny anecdotes to a lot of places we went. She was really helpful, answering everybodys questions and giving really good recommendations on other places to visit while one stays in Warsaw. Thanks to her I was eating in a realistic “Milkbar” in Praga afterwards. I can just recommend everyone to do this tour, especially with Anna as a guide!

      Nadja T

    • Our Old Town tour with Gavel was very, very good. He knows the material, expresses it well, understands and answers all questions. He keeps track of his visitors. I highly recommend this tour. He carries the umbrella so you can see him in crowds.

      samkoyangi Narragansett, USA

    • We were on Joanne’s 10am tour of the Old Town this morning in the light rain. She was very knowledgeable and the tour moved at a good speed. She was mindful of all in the group and was an excellent communicator. History came alive especially her discussion of politics in the late 18th century. Thank you Joanne.

      Angela V Sydney, Australia

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    Why to pre-book?

    • It’s free of charge
    • Your reservation guarantees you the spot on our tour
    • You will attend the high-quality tour guided by locals
    • Groups up to 20 people on our tours ensure safe distance and quality experience.
    • Where does the Old Town tour end?

      The Old Town tour ends near the Marie Curie’s Museum.

    • Do you run tours on Polish Public Holiday?

      Yes, we do. We run tours everyday all year round.

    • Who are the guides?

      Orange Umbrella Free Tour guides are true Varsovians and professional, licensed Warsaw guides. They will share with you their Warsaw passion. During tours you will hear interesting stories about Poland and Warsaw.

      If you want to meet our guides before joining our tours click here for more information. You can also read reviews of Orange Umbrella guides on Tripadvisor website.